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Thin Film Solar Patent Decision Made

In an oral decision issued today, the European Patent Office (EPO) revoked European Patent No. EP 0 871 979 issued to the University of Neuchatel (the Neuchatel patent), which pertains to solar photovoltaic (PV) technology

31 Mar 2009

Climate Change Threatens Huge Population of Threatened Asian Dolphins

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today the discovery of a huge population of rare dolphins in South Asia—but warns that the population is threatened by climate change and fishing nets

31 Mar 2009

New York to Get $148 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Environmental Cleanup

Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced $6 billion in new funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to accelerate environmental cleanup work and create thousands of jobs across 12 states - including a major investment in New York

31 Mar 2009

Growing Population of East Africa Causing Local Climate Change

Nights are getting hotter among cities in east Africa as growing populations change sensitive local weather patterns, according to research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville

31 Mar 2009

Competition Launched for Sustainable Urban Development

Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund, and the city of Helsinki are launching an international competition for building a sustainable and innovative block in the Western Harbor of Helsinki

31 Mar 2009

Disinfectants Create Toxic By-Products in Water

Although perhaps the greatest public health achievement of the 20th century was the disinfection of water, a recent study now shows that the chemicals used to purify the water we drink and use in swimming pools react with organic material in the water yielding toxic consequences

31 Mar 2009

Companies Offering Green Products Should Take Cues From the Ten Commandments

Companies offering "green" products and services can improve sales by making simple shifts in marketing language

31 Mar 2009

Rocket Launches May Need to be Regulated to Stop Depleting Ozone From the Atmosphere

The global market for rocket launches may require more stringent regulation in order to prevent significant damage to Earth's stratospheric ozone layer in the decades to come

31 Mar 2009

Using Food Industry Waste to Make Biogas

The AZTI-Tecnalia technological centre, experts in food research, have put a biogas plant into operation in order to investigate novel systems of sustainable energy production based on the use of waste and sub-products from the food industry

31 Mar 2009

Environmental Restoration Returns Large Parcel of Developable Land to Fort Bragg

The prevalence of previous environmental contamination on portions of the installation presents challenges to the process. Fort Bragg must rely heavily on its Installation Restoration Program (IRP) to efficiently and effectively restore these contaminated areas for mission-critical construction

31 Mar 2009